Honor your Heirlooms: Share the Stories of your Stuff
I'm so excited to announce a new series on Life's Collections:
Honor your Heirlooms: Share the stories of your stuff
Our "things" can tell the story of our life - what we love and what is most meaningful to us. Instead of keeping these mementos boxed up in the attic or basement, it's important to document these...
Letting Go of the Stuff
Sandwiched between growing kids and aging parents, millions of baby boomers are faced with the question, “What do I do with all that stuff?” Reactions range from one extreme (just get rid of it all) to the other (save and document everything) with revelations and truths falling somewhere in between. I’ve found inspiration and wisdom...
What to do with all that Stuff?
What keeps me from getting rid of a lot of the “stuff” I’ve accumulated over the years is just the thought of all that waste. The scraps of material and yarn I was saving, that box of old arts supplies we never got around to using, and those 3 large boxes of paper clips I...
More Stuff!
And I can’t forget George Carlin’s classic stand-up routine on the importance of “Stuff.” This clip is taken from his 1986 Comic Relief appearance….. cropped with SnipSnip
The Story of Stuff…..
Where it all comes from and why so much are questions I asked when I started to look at life’s collections. I found some of the answers here in The Story of Stuff. In this 20 minute video, Annie Leonard presents a complex tale in an understandable way, leaving us all empowered to feel that...
